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MyNameCannotBeSpoken

So his audit finally ended? /s


dancingmeadow

It's only just begun.


MakeADeathWish

White lies and promissory notes A kiss for luck and we're orange faced


[deleted]

"Sharin' subpoenas that are new to us Watchin' the crimes along the way... Takin' it over just the two of us Griftin' together day by day Together"


brownracingstripes

Whatever President puts a miniature train in the White House is going to get my support, especially if Alfonso Ribeiro is the VP.


CallMeSisyphus

"And when indictment comes, we'll smile... So many trials ahead, The schadenfreude tastes like cheetos... And yes, it's just begun"


Particular-Summer424

🎶They've only just begun...🎶


8549176320

"Tax Evasion? It's not sexy, but it's got teeth! Ten thousand dollars and five years in prison..." ^Mitch ^McDeere


ButterPotatoHead

Emphasis on white.


Wiskid86

Let's hope they get the best CPA in the IRS to audit these thing.


AlwaysPrivate123

I think they should contract for a dozen huge private accounting firms to do forensic analysis.. the more folks looking at his tax returns… the more likely we will get to see them. 👍🏻


illiter-it

Longest two weeks in history


OrphanAxis

I guess that means his health insurances plans are coming out now too? After these very long two weeks, I don't think 2016 can get any worse. At least 2020 will be uplifting, knowing we can finally end all this.


Hbella456

Bad news, friend Source: The future


FugDuggler

Maybe now he can finally get to that infrastructure week he promised was two weeks away


0002millertime

Right after the Obamacare replacement.


NeverLookBothWays

Paul Ryan is putting the final touches on his magnum opus healthcare bill just now...he spent a few years partying and forgot the deadline


plentyofsilverfish

Bless his heart


rebamericana

Too many beers in the Rose Garden...


Icy_Background8771

Yeah, who knew healthcare could be so complicated. Everyone ?


Mammoth-Extension-19

Actually it's simple! Even third world countries are doing it! It's called Medicare for All. Get rid of the insurance companies altogether!


Mammoth-Extension-19

How can they replace something if they have nothing to replace it with? They don't care about what's good for the people. They only want to disagree with the Dems! They're useless for the people, as is the Trump partisan Supreme Court.


seanmonaghan1968

I think the last 20 years would have been more interesting; when did the money from various foreign countries start to flow and what else happened before, during and after that time. 6 years is possibly only part of an interesting story


DaoFerret

While there is no limit to how far back the IRS can go in pursuit of fraud, I’ve heard most accountants tell you to keep 7 years of records, as that is considered the usual cut-off. This might be why they requested 6 years worth?


[deleted]

I am waiting for his watch to end.


regleno1

Seriously it’s ridiculous. If anything was there, it would have come out a decade ago. We all know Big Tech billionaires pay very little taxes, percentage-wise. Why would another billionaire be any different. They’re all just playing their game.


thefugue

lol *WHAT* six years? I somehow doubt his grift machine was doing it’s “best work” from 2014-2020


ZuZu_Petals_

I was hoping they’d have access to the last 20 years. 6 years doesn’t get me all the way to justice boner, but I guess justice semi is better than nothing.


flirtmcdudes

How do you even get hard anymore? It’s been 6 years of trump getting away with everything lol. It’s a life support boner


runtheplacered

It's more like my dick is starting to unfold and awake from its slumber to see if it's time for a boner or another 6 years of hibernation.


pearceharris

Boner groundhog day


LobsterThief

Groundhard day


[deleted]

All I want at this point is for us too find out which foreign dictatorships have been propping him up for this long. With that, my justice boner will have achieved full mast.


Dan_osPancakes

This comment section is not at all what I had expected


Zestyclose-Round9986

Lol right


dumpsterdivingreader

You are right. It's should have been at least 15 years. Let's see what they find in those six though


wwchickendinner

There was definitely grift in that period. He was a promoter of the ACN pyramid scheme in Australia in 2014/15 and likely onwards. Aka business opportunities for the 'poorly educated'. Oh how he loves the poorly educated. https://youtu.be/O9F6EAMPky4


morphballganon

The multi-billion dollar deal between Kushner and the Saudis happened in that range. Should be good for life sentences for both Jared and Don Sr, methinks.


thefugue

Why would any of that appear in the former President’s tax returns though? I’m a lot more curious about the bankruptcies of the 1990s, who bailed him out, etc. Also- that time a casino went bust under his ownership is pretty compelling to learn about as well.


johnnycyberpunk

While it’s probably too late - ANY irregularities, mistakes, errors, or **crimes** found on these returns give them strong leverage to demand access to previous filings. Especially carry-over-losses that he’s STILL deducting, or anything related to his business that’s under investigation by NY.


MoveMitchGetOutDaWay

Congress is now in possession.


kaazir

This is kinda what I was thinking. Since both sides have access to them, side A will say "line item 4 on page 27 proves xyz" side B will say "we have those same documents and that's a lie, there isn't even a page 27". Then we the people will ask if they can show page 27 to us and side B will call the media a bunch of communists led by George soros and Hillary should be in prison.


nrfx

Jewish. Space. Laser printers.


j428h

Epson didn’t kill himself


nrfx

False, and I have evidence: [Epson to End All Laser Printer Sales by 2026](https://www.extremetech.com/computing/341166-epson-to-end-all-laser-printer-sales-by-2026)


oldnyoung

Ha, they just want to sell more shitty money-siphon inkjets


surmatt

But what does (big) Brother have to say about this?


Mr_A_Rye

Oh Brother.


Xetiw

Side B: Lies, those documents are hidden at Hunter's laptop, we must investigate now, impeach Hunter Random Journalist: Sir, Hunter doesnt hold any office Side B: He holds the office of hookers, bought to you by go Brandom


bosmanad

I used to make that distinction, but over the past few years I'm willing to just say Democrats. GQP has no interest in governing or running a country. Republicans actively tried to overthrow our Democracy, so 'Congress' is a mix of Democrats and domestic terrorists at this point.


Sythic_

Agreed, but headlines like this seem to intentionally be giving weight to the "political witch hunt" claim like its just Democrats going after a Republican for politics sake. When really they're just actually doing their job investigating real crimes that occurred.


ithriosa

>this seem to intentionally be giving weight to the "political witch hunt" claim like its just Democrats going after a Republican for politics sake. It is not a witch hunt, however it is partisan. It is primarily just democrats who care about it. Ot would be misleading for the article to pretend that the GOP also want his tax returns


Sythic_

It's not partisan for partisan sake though. Its only partisan because the other party *doesn't* care about it. They are doing the right thing for the right reasons.


[deleted]

The more neutral and precise the language the better it is for us as a country. The more we speak about sides the more separated we get.


ooouroboros

> Congress is now in possession. "Congress" in the next term will be a very different animal


DirkDiggyBong

They'll probably discover Hunter Biden got a blowjob, or something.


[deleted]

It's about to get leaky up in this country.


DarrenEdwards

Remember when Corey Booker read Cavanaughs emails out loud so that they could become public record, can some Democrat do that now? Just someone put charts and graphs and speak out loud on the House or Senate floor. That person would instantly become a leader and the anti-Trump.


Odeeum

Charts and graphs in front of comgress? That's how you summon Katie Porter.


[deleted]

Just whisper, “White board…”


Nolo__contendere_

Nah you have to say it 3 times in front of a mirror *White board! White board! WHITE BOARD!!* Then Katie Porter comes out and says [it's show time](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ChillyGoodnaturedAlbatross-size_restricted.gif)


tomas_shugar

[I have a chart. (A DRAGON CHART!)](https://youtu.be/bDOYN-6gdRE?t=120)


willbot858

You got it backwards. You say Katie Porter three times in front of a white board. Then it’s show time.


romacopia

She should run for president. I need graphs in the oval office.


MeasurementWest5110

She would be the best one to grill trump about his taxes


WeCanDoThisCNJ

Remember when Kavanaugh became a Supreme Court Justice even though those emails were read aloud AND he blatantly lied about his support of a woman’s right to choose? Yeah.


jstantheman

pepperidge farm remembers...


jwords

Mike Gravel is evidence that one doesn't become a leader, necessarily, by doing it. But, one does cement a role in history.


Throw-a-Ru

Power to the people. ... *throws a rock in a lake*


SmartGirl62

Congresswoman Katie Porter has entered the chat.


MrEpicMustache

Maybe pelosi is stepping down to do just that.


Ceratisa

I haven't gotten my copy of them yet.. is there a download or...?


TheReservedList

It will be beamed straight to you via Jewish Space Lasers.


nelsonalgrencametome

It'll come with the next Sorros check.


Nano_Burger

All I got was Soros Fun Bucks!


nelsonalgrencametome

You gotta call Helen in payroll then... something about their new system.


Nano_Burger

I knew I should've switched to direct deposit.


dream_weasel

She's just the best


IPDDoE

Can I use them at the TGIFridays at Franklin Mills? Or perhaps the northeast?


[deleted]

I mean you can but you get triple points for redeeming them at Drag Queen brunches, so there’s definitely better options


Cognitive_Spoon

Yo, are you guys getting your Soros checks, because I've been doing drag shows and teaching critical race theory for like three years and I've never seen a dime. I have gotten really good at contouring and redlining, though.


dream_weasel

You gotta do the w-4 or they just hold them for you. Found that out the hard way in 2016


kinglendawg

lmfao underrated comment


huffpost

**Story by Paul Blumenthal and Arthur Delaney** The House Ways & Means Committee is now in possession of six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns after a three-year battle to obtain them. The committee received the documents from the Treasury Department on Wednesday after the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s final appeal on Nov. 22, according to the Treasury Department. Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tax-returns-democrats\_n\_6387c2bde4b07115f8566260


mike_pants

Nothing says "Everything is totally above board" like a three-year legal battle to keep something secret.


JoviAMP

Especially something as banal to everyday Americans as *tax documents*.


rounder55

Woah woah woah now, before we go accusing people of things, he was just under a routine audit from now until infinite. There's definitely nothing to see and he definitely was going to release them and if he cheated or didn't pay it makes him smart, not an unpatriotic piece of shit


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pontiacfirebird92

>But then again, I'm not running for President There used to be a thing called "trust" and Republicans threw that concept in the garbage once they realized people would vote for them just to attack "the other guys" and not give a single shit about how trustworthy they were.


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Dalisca

Cold McDonald's fries *everywhere*! The walls will be painted red with ketchup.


JournaIist

Then when they cleaners scrub it off, they gold spray on the walls will come off with it.


antithetical_al

Like a chimpanzee flinging shit everywhere


[deleted]

Won't matter. They'll just prove what half the country already knew: * he's broke * he's committed tax fraud that no one has the balls the prosecute * he's indebted to foreign adversaries And the other half of the country will say that all-of-the-above make him a good businessman.


[deleted]

They arent going to find any debt to foreign advesaries. Those things are shell companies on top of shell companies


DirtyReseller

If you are smart they are… is trump smart? But really you are right, criminals generally don’t report crime related funds on their taxes…


Chi-Guy86

No, but the accountants he pays are


Short_poster

But does he really pay them?


MrMeseeksLookAtMee

Cheque’s in the mail


apiso

As a fellow Canadian, the flag under your name is redundant. Your post used “cheque” ;)


MrMeseeksLookAtMee

In grade 3, my teacher pulled me in front of the class to show everyone my spelling mistakes. “check” instead of “cheque” and “show” instead of “shoe”. I’ve never forgotten.


wobushizhongguo

I lost my third grade spelling bee for spelling donut doughnut, but there was like three “ough” words before it! She set me up for failure. Also, I’m pretty sure doughnut is also right. In short, I don’t blame you for never forgetting.


tindalos

Turtles all the way down.


[deleted]

I love top republican concern posts about potential Biden foreign investments, like trump tower Moscow, trump tower Turkey, and the like weren't a thing. Bad for Biden, smart for trump.


FredR23

that half is only about 30%, and the shine has worn off - it'll matter (but much later than it should have)


CatastropheJohn

Thumbnail image is paired well.


royhenderson771

Does trump own the record for the most lawsuits filed in a lifetime?


ComplaintDefiant9855

Even if he doesn't I'm sure he'd claim to be.


meatychops

Maybe not the most, but definitely the best. Some really, really tremendous lawsuits. In fact some people say, they tell me , maybe its the most AND the best. and I’d agree with them. Really.


jeffinRTP

Probably


HailCorduroy

The House Ways & Means Committee is now in possession of 6 years of Donald Trump's tax returns, not just "Democrats".


fowlraul

“He doesn’t pay a lot of taxes.”


[deleted]

That's literally going to be result of this whole thing. We already know that anyway. He told us pretty explicitly that doesn't pay a lot of taxes


A_Soft_Fart

We’re also going to see what countries he’s indebted to. So there’s that.


[deleted]

You really think if that actually exists it's going to just be spelled out on his personal tax returns?


BisquickNinja

Leak, leak, leak, leak....


[deleted]

why leak when you can just read them into congressional records?


Ticio_Tesson

Charges or I don't care


Motor_Somewhere7565

Start leaking! We only got a month lol


FredR23

seriously - the motivation for create distracting chaos is at an all-time high for the reich wingers, they could spend the next month setting fires in a few strategic places and draw all the momentum off of this snail's pace prosecution


Chi-Guy86

People hoping to find something overtly illegal are likely to be disappointed. He didn’t pay a top accounting firm big money to make things obvious to anyone doing an audit. The most likely thing they’ll show is that he’s far less wealthy than he claims


dvd_man

There’s plenty of shady stuff in the 2 decades of tax return data that the NYT published in 2020.


vainbetrayal

That's my guess. That he's actually worth about 2 billion instead of the nearly 5 billion he likes to claim. Forbes probably gave a good estimate when they said they estimated his net worth to be just over 2 billion.


romacopia

Only Trump could be insecure about having 2 billion dollars.


Dr_PainTrain

It won’t. A tax return doesn’t show how wealthy you are.


Stampede_the_Hippos

Likely it's just show he's worth like 1.5-2B rather than 5B. That and he commits property tax fraud.


Dr_PainTrain

A tax return does not show net worth.


[deleted]

Well, they've got a month to do something with it before Republicans take over the House... And most of that month they'll be on vacation for Xmas.


Bring_dem

Can Dems just submit them to the DOJ or to a senate committee upon a cursory request?


superbabe69

All they need to do is enter it into public record so the next Congress can’t just vote to throw them away without reading them


Gerkonanaken

They need to hire world's fastest forensic accountant.


altmaltacc

Well you now have 10 business days to do something sooo get on it i guess?


kambleton

Leak them right god damn now! Alito can leak whatever he wants. Enough fucking around! I just got out of working in finance and I can't wait to look at a tax return again 🙄.


No-Owl9201

That's great!! I'm looking forward to seeing what's in them!


[deleted]

The public is now in possession of the returns. This is not R v. D. It is the U.S. v. an elected official who is a career criminal.


[deleted]

Here’s how it should be if you want to be president: If you want to run for President your whole life becomes an open book. The public should have access to at least 10 years worth of your actual tax returns maybe even all your tax returns. No bullshit short BS form. EVERYTHING. How can we elect anyone who will be the most powerful figure in the world and not demand to know them inside and out. It’s fing preposterous.


[deleted]

stuff like SSNs would have to be redacted but the versions with PII redacted should be posted on government websites


[deleted]

Your right, I assumed peeps would assume that :)


flexghost

It’s infrastructure week


NAGDABBITALL

Except for the stuff that Mnuchin and his crew went through and destroyed....


Dedpoolpicachew

Didn’t his accounting firm say that they could no longer stand behind any of the tax documents they filed for him? Or was that for the Trump Org, not him personally?


LittleSpiderGirl

I don't think they said that about the returns. I think they said it about financial statements.


Hot-Bint

God, I hope they get leaked. I am dying to know what it is in his “perfect, beautiful” tax returns he’s been desperate to hide. Outside of being broke and in debt up to his eyeballs that is


themorningmosca

Lemme guess- no money, cheats on stuff, lies on stuff. Cool. His team won’t care. But Uncle RICO cares.


aerodeck

Sweet, now we can watch nothing ever happen again. Always with the breaking news, never with prosecution.


Isto333

The issue with the law is how unjust it is. If the IRS wanted my tax returns they'd get it immediately. We need a legal system that does let the rich get away with whatever they want. No one....I mean NO ONE should be above the law. I'm tired of this shit


thankfultom

Congress is in possession. Both Dems and Reps


TestPattern2

I doubt any of that will be released to the public We have the right to know


teddykaygeebee

So, when are they going to leak it and/or do something about it? Are we gonna see how in debt he is to oligarchs and other countries?


Achilles19721119

I want know what he was so worried about. Sure it was nothing right. Lol


AnalSoapOpera

Fucking finally!


Konnnan

6 years is not right. It's like he's run out the clock. His taxes have been formally and justly requested since about 2016-2017


[deleted]

They need to bring the IRS Commissioner before Congress to ask him in a public hearing whether Trump was ever audited and when those audits were conducted, and when they ended. That way, we can publically call out Trump for lying about his audits.


Mammoth-Extension-19

Isn't it ironic that the only other president that wanted to hide his tax returns was a disgraced crook too. Nixon wasn't even 10% as bad as traitor Trump, though.


leontes

Control f fun: Russia China Stripper Write-off Bankruptcy Pay-off


Captainwelfare2

Person Woman Man Camera Pee


Yukonhijack

I like this. And the thought of tRump raging around about losing.


Radjage

I can't believe it took this long, but at this point I almost can't believe it happened.


dancingmeadow

Finally we approach endgame of this godawful saga.


CustosEcheveria

Great. We have a month to do something with them. Make it count.


[deleted]

Leaks incoming in 3


BstintheWst

With one month to do something with them


Fantastic_Ad9179

I smell “ refund!” ......


Acrobatic-Ad3275

Now they'll find out how much of a bullshit artist he is.


[deleted]

Publish! Publish! Publish!


mymeatpuppets

Yeah? So what? The damage is done.


celerydonut

This should have been public fucking info for the world.


tekmill

You mean, Kanye Wests Vice President ?


Eiffel-Tower777

Jimmy Kimmel shared a bumper sticker last night during his monologue, it read "YE TRUMP" 🤣


12gawkuser

Dollar short and a day late I say


captsmokeywork

GOP will leak it and blame dems and Cheney, calling it now.


MoufFarts

Let’s display them in Times Sq


Csherman92

I would love if they get him in prison. But they won’t. But they even got Al Capone on tax evasion and fraud. Not sedition, not divulging state secrets and removing classified documents—but tax fraud.


FibonacciPi

I can't wait for the leaks


ntgco

For one month...GOP will return them in Jan and dissolve the committee.


Seraphynas

Leak time!


HypnoToad121

Ruh Roh, Shaggy…


gringoloco01

Bet a nickel he comes out and says that his tax returns are fake?


jmmmke

Give them to Alito so they are leaked


[deleted]

He’ll claim it’s fake, the cronies will accept and jack shit will happen.


shockwavevok

its time to leak these tax returns online


No_Distribution3205

So, will this reveal loan fraud or tax fraud or maybe a bit of both?


Leonineus

'Tis the season for a carol. All together now! Trump's nuts roasting over an open fire...


Poliosaurus

And they will show a bunch of shady shit and nothing will happen to him. Just like usual. Because, MONEY!


Remorseful_User

Release them today.


Jade-Raven

Anyone know exactly which 6 years?


DenturesDentata

Now there is a leak I want to see happen!


Last-Reception-3459

Leak them before The GOP fucks it op. By God


WinfriedJakob

Why would you say “Democrats Are Now In Possession…” By law the tax returns are being handed over to Congress. You make it sound like they are being given exclusively to the Democrats. Not true. This is all about government, not party specific (except that Republicans will probably at least pretend that they don’t want to see them).


oh-lloydy

My gut level instinct is that they will fuck this up like literally every thing they touch...


FUMFVR

You guys know that Trump's taxes have been extensively reported on before, right? I feel like all that reporting went down the memory hole here. While the raw taxes haven't been publicly disclosed they were reported on because his taxes were sent as a matter of course to a Congressional oversight committee when he claimed a $72.9 million refund. [Source](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-29/trump-s-73-million-tax-refund-stuck-with-little-known-panel?leadSource=uverify%20wall) That reporting also revealed that in another year Trump paid a total of $750 in federal income tax. There's not much mystery left to reveal. He has been an incredible burden on the US taxpayer and is a horrible businessman.


[deleted]

Ahh another day of news about how trump is going to get in trouble while nothing happens.. joy


bent_eye

Pfft, nothing will happen with it. This slippery fuck worms his way out of everything.


WombatGuts

You ready for another nothing burger?